Willer SurfCraft

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GTA, Ontario, Canada
Born out of necessity. Surfboards designed by fresh water surfers, for fresh water surfers and beyond. Specializing in surfcraft taylored specifically for you and the unique conditions you surf, from the great lakes, to river waves, to firing point breaks in far-flung exotic locals. 100% Custom. 100% Hand-made. This is not a job for me, but purely the pursuit of a passion to bring science, art, and engineering together to build the best surfcraft I can. Dave Willer, PhD

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Shapers: Geneology of the last century

Interesting family tree of surfboard shapers from the January 2006 issue of Surfing.  I found this in the deep bowels of my computer.  Take it with a grain of salt, but it includes 720 shapers over the last 100 years.  It sparked some considerable controversy at the time of publishing. 

You won't be able to read it via this site, so hop on over to the PDF download complements of Essential Surfing.
https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B9JntwjkZOT_NGU0N2NlOTctYmFkYy00MDVjLWEyNTItODkzYjRjYzJkZjAw&hl=en